{{this is for the girls in Texas and every other person who has faced hatred- some have lost some have survived. My heart is heavy but so are my words}}
We will Stand
They will come at you with fire and steel
with sharp edged teeth and claw
with suffocating hate filled smoke
broken glass taped words
to lash out in every manner of fear
they will come
they will come at you with stone and rod
breathing fire and brimstone words
with fingers twisted fist in fall
batter seeking lacerating law
filled with devastation
deviation of truths
stifle, riffle, ruffle and loot
every notion of dream
they will come pitchforked words
in halls of laws and carry their
continence of gods in and effort
to bend our knees
kiss our heads to the ground
BUT
we will stand
WE WILL STAND!
we will meet them with held hands
words edged with pride for who
we are and backs backed
a hundred fold of spirited
heart and girded souls
we will NOT go quietly
we will NOT perish without
our voices being heard
without one more
one more
another more
going down
We will stand
and when one more
is going down
we will step forward
we WILL step forward
and should all of we
turn in to me
I will meet them
all the same.